Port Arthur police say they are investigating the fatal shooting of a man late Wednesday night.

Reports say that at about 10:22 p.m., officers with the Port Arthur Police Department arrived at Rampart Apartments in the 1700 block of Village East Blvd., where a 20-year-old man had been shot in the head.

Witnesses told officers that the shooting was self-inflicted and accidental.

The man, who's name has not been released, was pronounced dead by Justice of the Peace Tom Gillam.